Snare-drum.



J. E. WINNE.

SNARE DRUM.

'- APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26 I918- 1,279,627. Patented Sept. 24,1918.

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J. E. WINNE.

SNARE DRU M.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26, 1918.

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JOHN E. WINNE, or TROY, NEW YORK," ASSIGNOR. on ONE-,HALF To FREDERICK c. cLAEssEns; or TROY, NEW Y RK.

SNARE-DRUM.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 24, 1918.

Application filed January 26, 1918. Serial No. 213, 0.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN E. VVINNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State ,of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snare-Drums, of which the following is a specification.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

The principal object of the invention is to facilitate adjusting the snare-mechanism and rendering the same operative or inoperative at will.

Other objects will appear in connection with the following description.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a fragmentary plan view of the lower head of a snare-drum provided with my improved snare-attach- 11161113.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken longitudinally and centrally of the snare-attachment.

Fig. 3 is 'a cross-section taken on the broken line 33 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale of the right-hand portion of Fig. 2. 1

Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of the plate whereby the lockin and releasing mechanisms for the snarerame are mounted upon the counter-hoop of the drum.

Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of the spring which causes the locking action of the latch.

Fig. 7 is a view in perspective of the latch detached.

Fig. 8 is a view in perspective of a brokenaway portion of the latch-engaging end of the snare-frame.

Fig. 9 is a bottom-plan view of one'end of the snare-bridge showing snares mounted thereon.

Fig. 10 is a view in side elevation of the same. I

Fig. 11 is a cross-section taken on the broken line 1111 through one of the snarebridge shoes.

Fig. 12 is a view in perspective of a broken-wav end of the snare-bridge, showing the underside of one of the shoes.

Referrin to the drawings wherein the invention is s own in preferred form, 1 is the shell of the drum, over the end of which is stretched the drum-head, 2, by means of a counter-hoop 3. Said shell, head and counter-hoo'p may be of any of the usual or known forms. 2 v p I 4 sna -f m xt nd b idg s Over the drum-head, 2, one end of said frame beme p elly mou d at upe he o ro p, 3-

At a point diametrically opposite the pivotal connection, 5, a latch-plate, 6, is mounted upon the inner side of the counter-hoop, 3, by means of screw-bolts, 1 I

The plate, 6, is provided with a slideway, 8, for the stem, 9, of a latch, 10, the outer end of said stem, 9, being screw-threaded at 11, 1

whereby it is adapted to receive a nut, 12, jvhiplh forms a thumb-piece for operating the atc A leaf-spring, 13, mounted upon the plate, t

6, engages a frame, 14, on the latch, 10, tending to hold said latch and the thumb-piece, 12, in their outermost position, while permitting said latch to be moved inwardly against the force of said spring by pressure upon said thumb-piece.

Thev end of said frame, 4, opposite its pivotal connection, 5, is screw-threaded at 15, and a nut, 16, fitting said screw-threaded portion has an inwardly extending catch or hook, 17, adapted to engage the latch, 10, which is provided with an inwardly tapered opening, 18, adapted t receive said catch, '17.

The nut, 16, is locked in position by means i of a screw, 19..

The spring, 3, assists the catch, 17, to automatically interlock with the latch, 10,

when the free end of the frame, 4, is moved toward the drum-head.

The latch, 10, is released by pressing inwardly upon the thumb-piece, 12., to permit the free end of the frame, 4, to be swung out? wardly or away from the head of the drum.

A semi-elliptic spring, 20, is attached at one end at 21 to the underside of the frame, 4, while the other end of said spring is in slidable engagement with said frame at 22.

I A snare-bridge, 23 is mounted upon the mlddlc portion of said semi-elliptic spring, 20, said snare-budge having at each end a shoe, 24, between which shoes the snares, 25, are stretched. 1

The snare-bridge, 23, is connected by a cable, 26, passing over a roller, 27 on the frame, 4, with. an adjusting nut, 28, which also fits the screw-threaded end-portion 15, of the frame, 4.

By screwing the nut, 28, outwardly, the pressure of the snares upon the drum-head due to the semi-ellipticspring, 20, can be reduced as desired; and when'desired the snares can in like manner be entirely withdrawn from contact with the drum-head,

By screwing the nut, 28, inwardly, the

pressure of the snares uponthe drum-headv ment is limited by the junction of the sprin 20, with the frame, 4:, suificien't movement of the frame, 4:, being permitted to remove the snares wholly from contact with the drumhead. Y j

When the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2, and in Fig. 4, the snares are in operative or effective position, bearing upon the drum-head with such pressure as is permitted by the adjusting nut, 28.

If the drummer desires to quickly render the snares inoperative or ineffective, he presses inwardly upon the thumb-piece,-12, thereby releasing the latch, 10, whereupon the frame, l, will be swung outwardly by means of the spring, 29, thereby withdrawing the snares from contact with the drumhead. i To render the snares again operative or effective, the drummer pushes the oscillatory end of the frame, 4, inwardly until the latch, 10, engagesand interlocks with the catch, 17. Th'e snare-bridge terminates at each end in a shoe, 24:, having in its endnotohes, 81, forming guides for the respective stretches, 32, of snare-material, said "shoes being respectively provided with tapered apertures,

33, in line respectively with said end notches, 31, which tapered apertures are adapted to receive the ends of'the snareor snareswhich can be so wedged in the tapered portions of the several apertures as to securely anchor said ends to the shoe. e

Said construction of shoes permits the use of a single snare stretched back and forth between the shoes in as many stretches as may bedesired. I

One end of the single snare can thus be inserted and wedged into the outermost tapered aperture, 83, on one side of the shoe at one end of the bridge, and then stretched back and forth between the shoes and its other end inserted and wedged into the outermost aperture, 33, on the other side of the same shoe. p 1

To prevent accidental release of the ends of the snare from sald respective outermost apertures, a clamp, 34, may be mounted upon the underside ofthe shoe,'as by means of a tion indicated in Fig. 12, to permit the end of the snare to be inserted in the aperture, 33, and then to be swung to the position shown by solid-lines in Figs. 10 and 12, to

engage and hold the neighboring end of the snare tightly wedged in said neighboring aperture, 33. V I l The clamp, 34-,is yieldingly held closed by means of a boss,-36, formed thereon which engages a depression, 37, in the shoe when the clamp is in closed position.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- V 1. Thecombination witha druin having ahead, and a hoop projecting outwardly beyond said head; of a frame pivotally mounts ed at one end upon said hoop; a plate mounted upon said hoop adjacent to the other end of said frame; an automatically locking lat-ch engageable with said frame; a spring mounted upon said plate ending to force said frame away from the drum-head, a semi-elliptic spring mounted upon said frame with oneend in slidable engagement therewith; a snare-bridge mounted upon said semi-elliptic spring; and snares stretched across said snare-bridge. 2. The combination with a drum having a head, and a hoopprojecting outwardly beyond said head; of a frame mounted upon said hoop bridgewise of said head; a snare bridge having snares stretched thereacross; and means carried by said frame-for adjustably moving said snare-bridge toward and from the drum-head. 7 .IV V

i 3. A snare-attachment for drums having a snare-bridge terminating at each end in a shoe, said shoe being provided with endnotches for the several stretches of snares,

adapted for wedgewise engagement with the end of a snare; "and a continuous snare stretched back and forth between said shoes with its several stretchesseated in said endnotches in the respective shoes, and with its ends in-engagement with said tapered apertures. I

4. A snareattachment for drums having a snare {bridge terminating at one end in a shoe provided with a snare-engaging tapered aperture adapted for wedgewise engagement with the end of a snare; and a movable clamp mounted upon the shoe engageable with said end ofthe snare inserted in said aperture. M a I a In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my handthis22nd day of January, 1918.

"JOHN E. WINNE,

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